I have always known Look-In as the junior TV Times – it even says so on the cover – and therefore know it won’t be covering any BBC programmes. The ‘junior’ part and most of the (mainly 1970s) cover images I’ve seen led me to believe the target market was fairly young. However, Look-In‘s readers …
My View… Keep drama out of the TV rut Producer and scriptwriter Philip Mackie enthuses about the continuation of the television play. Looking through schedules for this period, there are plays in abundance. There are one-offs and more so, there are those under what Mackie calls ‘omnibus titles‘. He names Love Story but there is also …
Callan Edward Woodward graces the cover this week as TV Times promotes Callan, which started last week. The second episode is now missing though. 007 Goes Back To Fairfield In 1967 Sean Connery worked for a month for free, directing and narrating a documentary on the Fairfield Shipyard in Glasgow. The Bowler and the Bunnet, referring …
This week, colour has arrived on British televisions! But alas, that means absolutely nothing here as it was only for BBC2. Independent Television would have to wait a while longer yet. The BIG news – from ITN The new arrival on Independent Television this week is News at Ten and this itself is quite a big …
A selection of articles and adverts for the week of 17th June 1967. The State of the Nation An article promoting The State of the Nation in which the Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, will face tough questions on his economic policy. There will be questions from men from unions, men from industry, men from …
A selection of articles and adverts for the week of 27th May 1967. Miss Anglia Will Need Beauty Plus… This article sets out to find some hints on ‘How – To – Make – Yourself – Sparkle – Before – The – Judges‘ for Miss Anglia ’67. I must say I am baffled by the …
A selection of articles and adverts from TV Times for the week beginning 20th May 1967. Lanning at Large – Up With The Cup! It’s FA Cup Final week and ITV are covering it – Tottenham Hotspurs and Chelsea. The BBC will be broadcasting the match too. Not many club matches were broadcast on television …
A personal pick of articles and adverts from TV Times for the week of 13th May 1967. A Cathedral For Our Times Two pages are given over to an article by the Archbishop of Westminster on the opening of The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool’s new Roman Catholic cathedral. It had more glass than any …